Sarah Adella (Magee) Barnett (1866 - 1912)

Born 5 Nov 1866 in Giles, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Alonzo C Elgin — married 20 Dec 1888 (to before 1903) in Dyer, Tennessee, United States

Wife of William L. Barnett — married Nov 1903 in Dyer, Tennessee, United States

Died 8 Dec 1912 at age 46 in Dyer, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Sarah (Magee) Barnett was a Tennessean.

The daughter of David Magee and Martha (Hewitt) Magee, Sarah was born in Giles County in 1866.^[1][2] Sarah married Alonzo C. Elgin (1862-1924), the son of James G. Elgin and Clarinda E. Cribbs, in Dyer County on December 20, 1888.^[3] Elgin worked as a day laborer in Civil District 4 of Dyer County.^[4] According to the 1910 census, Sarah had borne three children, all of whom died either in infancy or in early childhood. The couple divorced between 1900 and 1903, when she married William L. Barnett (1865-). They married in Dyer County on November 1, 1903.^[5] He had been previously married to Millie Stafford, with whom had had 3-5 children and who passed away in 1902. Sarah and William also farmed in Dyer County.^[6] Sarah passed away at the age of 46 and is buried at Rehoboth Church Cemetery in RoEllen, Tennessee.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDM-3K9 : 19 March 2020), Sarah A McGee in entry for David A McGee, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7H-7CM : 15 July 2017), Sarah Magee in household of David Magee, District 14, Giles, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 112, sheet 272D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,257.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data:Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm. Ancestry Record 1169 #5381140 with attached Image
4. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 4, Dyer, Tennessee; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0014: Civil district 4 (pt), All that portion of district lying north of Dyersburg and Booths Point dirt road, and the Dyersburg and Trenton dirt road excluding of the City of Dyersburg; FHL microfilm: 1241568. Ancestry Record 7602 #60257589 with attached Image
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data:Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm. Ancestry Record 1169 #5332739 with attached Image
6. ↑ Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 6, Dyer, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1497; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 1375510. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Ancestry Record 7884 #136278418 with attached Image
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGF-RGTH : 3 July 2020), Sarah A. Barnett, 1912; Burial. Find A Grave: Memorial #116695383